QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 309)
To reconstitute the government disposal committees created under Executive Order No. 285 so that disposal of unserviceable, obsolete and/or excess government equipment and property can be expedited.
Executive Order No. 285 (issued July 25, 1987).
They were composed of (1) a representative of the owning agency as Chairman, (2) representatives of the Commission on Audit (COA) as members, and (3) representatives of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) as members.
They were composed of (1) a representative of the regional owning agency as Chairman, (2) representatives of the COA Regional Office as members, and (3) representatives of the DBM Regional Office as members.
Because COA withdrew from being a member due to the lifting of all pre-audit activities as mandated by Section 2(2), Article IX-D of the Constitution.
Section 2(2), Article IX-D of the Constitution.
Republic Act No. 8174, particularly Section 10 of the General Provisions.
The respective owning department/agency.
It reconstitutes the Disposal Committees in each department, bureau, office or agency under E.O. No. 285, pursuant to R.A. No. 8174.
A senior official with rank not lower than Assistant Secretary for a department, Assistant Director for a bureau/agency, or department manager for a GOCC.
The head of the department’s administrative service, or the head of the agency’s administrative division, or the equivalent organizational unit for a GOCC.
The head of the property unit.
No. The reconstituted composition in Section 1 no longer lists COA or DBM representatives as members.
All inconsistent executive orders, rules, regulations, or other issuances, or parts thereof, are repealed or modified accordingly.
Immediately, as provided in the Effectivity Clause (Section 3).
To avoid further deterioration of unserviceable equipment and property, especially those exposed to the elements.
It acknowledges COA’s withdrawal from the committees due to the constitutional and operational lifting of pre-audit, prompting the EO’s reconstitution of committee membership.
It centralizes disposal decision-making within the owning department/agency’s internal administrative and property units, consistent with R.A. No. 8174’s attribution of disposal responsibility to the owning agency.
March 8, 1996, signed by President Fidel V. Ramos, with Executive Secretary Ruben D. Torres.